Consequences of missing last segment on Intn'l flight?

Hello all,

I'd like to go mke->lgw>dtw. This tickets out at $1400+

A mke->dtw->lgw->dtw->mke flight is $520. My thinking is that when I
get off in dtw, I will meet my bags to go through customs &
immigration, at which point I could simply go outside with my formerly
checked bags and be on my merry way.

I know that skipping a segment in the early part of an itinerary is a
very big no-no, but how about the last segment? My bags won't be on any
plane...there should be no problem, right?

If they are feeling nasty you may lose your ff miles for the whole
thing. The only real disaster I can see would be if your bags are lost
and they try to insist on delivering to the formal destination. I
suppose you could claim that you had intended to go on later to DTW and
that the lost bag so panicked you that you were waiting for it at DTW
with the intention to go on later.


sg5d59w@ wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'd like to go mke->lgw>dtw. This tickets out at $1400+
>
> A mke->dtw->lgw->dtw->mke flight is $520. My thinking is that when I
> get off in dtw, I will meet my bags to go through customs &
> immigration, at which point I could simply go outside with my formerly
> checked bags and be on my merry way.
>
> I know that skipping a segment in the early part of an itinerary is a
> very big no-no, but how about the last segment? My bags won't be on any
> plane...there should be no problem, right?
>

"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." wrote:
> Well, yes, but open jaw is not at the origin end, only at the destination end...

No matter what it is called, I know that some tickets allow start of
journey != end of journey, as long as they are both in same country.
(for instance, RTW tickets).